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A Thanksgiving Day 
Movie 

A Picture Show of Puritan Days 


BY 

ETHELLE MANNING HERMES 


BECKLEY-CARDY COMPANY 

CHICAGO 

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Copyright, 1929, by 
BECKLEY-CARDY COMPANY 
All Bights Reserved 





Printed in the United States cr America 

©Cl k A 31619 


DEC 23 1929 


CHARACTERS 


Grandmother 
Child 
Priscilla 
John Alden 
Miles Standish 
Pocahontas 

Powhatan, Indian Chief, father of Pocahontas 

Captain John Smith 

Puritan Maids and Men 

Indians 

Dutch Maids 


COSTUMES 

Puritan characters in dress of their period. Dutch maids in typical 
Dutch frock, with caps, collars and broad, low shoes. Indians in 
blankets, with feathers and bead ornaments. Grandmother and child 
in modern dress. 



SYNOPSIS 

A prologue introduces a child begging her grandmother 
for a story. The story of the pilgrims is recalled and the 
child wants to hear it again. The grandmother tells the 
child to get the picture book showing the pilgrim characters 
and the child rejoices and wants the story as a picture show. 
The playlet is the ‘ ‘ picture show, ’ ’ an appropriate one for 
the Thanksgiving season. 

The familiar stories of Priscilla and her lovers are com¬ 
bined with the story of Pocahontas and her rescue of Cap¬ 
tain John Smith. Powhatan, the Indian chief, father of 
Pocahontas, is a very aggressive and warlike savage and 
he gives the Puritan maids a terrible fright. But when 
his anger is focused upon Captain John Smith, we have a 
thrilling climax. The inclusion of the characters in the two 
different episodes serves to bring before the eyes of the 
children a spectacle that is more broadly suggestive of pil¬ 
grim times than either alone would be, and the dances and 
songs enrich the entertainment feature of the sketch. 


THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 

Discovered: Grandmother in rocking-chair, with Child 
on low seat beside her. 

Child [looking out of window ]. 

Oh dear! What a gloomy day! 

I wish I could go out to play. 

But when there isn’t any sun, 

Well, then, there isn’t any fun. 

[Turns around.] 

Grandmother— 

Grandmother. 

—Now, child, don’t tease. 

Child. 

But put away your knitting, please. 

Grandmother. 

Really, dear, I must not stop. 

There, now, you caused a stitch to drop. 

Child. 

I didn’t do it—it’s this light. 

You’ll knit until you lose your sight. 

Listen— 

Grandmother. 

—Oh, what shall I do? 

Child. 

I know, I know, and I ’ll tell you. 

Grandmother, tell me just once more 
The tale you’ve told so oft before. 

♦Grandmother. 

But, Ruthie dear, you know it all. 

Hark. Didn’t I hear Mother call ? 

Child. 

Maybe so, but I like to hear. 

So tell me again—there, that’s a dear— 

How the Puritans came across the sea 
To America, our country free. 

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A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


Grandmother. 

All right, my dear, get that big book 
And through its pages we w r ill look. 

Child. 

Goodie, goodie! Oh, I know. 

Can’t we have a picture show ? 

Grandmother. 

A picture show? That’s just the thing. 

Each character to us ’twill bring. 

Child. 

So real it seems—we ’ll have a chance 
To hear them talk and see them dance. 

Grandmother. 

We must move back, we’re much too near 
To see the pictures well, I fear. 

Enter Dutch Maids. 

Child. 

Little Dutch Maids—the very first thing! 

I do hope they will dance and sing. 

[Dutch Maids dance the u Dutch Dance” and sing song 
as given under “Dances.”] 

Enter Puritan Maids led by Priscilla. 

They watch the dance. 

Grandmother. 

A quaint little dance, quite charming, I’m sure. 

See the Puritan maids, so sedate and demure, 

Gaze wistfully across the page 
Upon the gay, forbidden stage. 

Priscilla [turning to her companions] . 

Come, sisters, this must be the way. 

Second Maid [looking about sadly] . 

Oh dear! Do we have to stay ? 

Third Maid . 

America! Land of the free— 

I thought the place would fairer be. 


A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


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Fourth Maid . 

Well, I confess I am surprised. 

’Tis not so grand as I’d surmised. 

Priscilla . 

Sisters all, list thou to me. 

Let not thy hearts sore troubled be; 

Be not too quick to criticise; 

When fault ye find, love often dies. 

Second Maid. 

Thou mayst be right, that I allow. 

But I can’t help being homesick now. 

Priscilla . 

Wouldst thou return across that sea? 

I’m still seasick as I can be! 

I’ll suffer here, nor once complain; 

But I ’ll not take that trip again. 

Third Maid . 

Priscilla is right; I ’ll take her stand. 

At least we’re safe upon dry land. 

So let’s rejoice—but how, I pray? 

Dancing’s a sin, our parents say. 

Priscilla . 

Those maids who dance from Holland came. 

Surely we might do the same. 

The breezes sing through the leafy bowers 
And the grasses sway with the dancing flowers. 

If God’s creatures yield to music’s charm, 

A little dance can do no harm. 

[Puritan Maids dance the “Puritan Minuet” as given 
under “Dances.” 

[War whoops off stage.] 

Fourth Maid. 

Oh sister, pray, what’s that I hear ? 

Second Maid . 

Such awful noise fills me with fear! 


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Third Maid . 

We’re all alone! Which way is best? 

We really should go with the rest. 

[More war whoops.] 

Priscilla . 

Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I’m much afraid 
We from the rest too far have strayed. 

I’ve often times heard father tell 
How terribly the Indians yell! 

Come, let us hide by yonder tree 
And make no sound, so quiet be. 

[All hide.] 

Enter Indians led by Powhatan. 

Powhatan. 

Me heap big Injun—Ha, ha, ha! 

Hear white squaw sing, “Ta, la, la.” 

Me find white squaw, take her scalp. 

Her no more sing—just yelp. 

[Indians dance war dance.] 

Second Maid [aside.] 

Priscilla dear, what shall we do ? 

Priscilla. 

Quiet be, or he ’ll hear you. 

Powhatan. 

Find white squaw in ’bout a minute. 

Make big stew—stick her in it. 

Second Maid. 

Now I wish I had not come. 

Third Maid. 

What I’d give to be back home! 

Powhatan [with wild dance]. 

There white squaw—’hind that tree! 

Big chief get her now. Who-ee-ee! 


A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


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Priscilla [clasps hands in prayer; other Maids gather 
round in tears], 

O Heavenly Father, send Thine aid! 

Onr time has come, we ’re sore afraid. 

Powhatan. 

White squaw cry—Ach, make me sick! 

Heap big knife, he kill ’em quick. 

[Indians grab Maids, pull them out from behind tree]. 

Enter Captain John Smith. 

Captain John Smith. 

What ho! You great, big lazy lout, 

What’s this commotion all about? 

Let go thy hold, if thou wouldst live. 

About two minutes will I give. 

Powhatan. 

Bring white squaw here, grab pale face too. 

He no tell Injun what to do. 

Captain John Smith. 

Surely, Chief, you do not mean 
To be as cruel as it would seem. 

Powhatan. 

Cruel! Bah! Your scalp I’ll take. 

A heap big string that will make. 

[Seizes Captain John Smith. While Smith is struggling 
to escape Pocahontas rushes in]. 

Pocahontas. 

Father, dear, spare this man’s life! 

And now let there be no more strife. 

Powhatan. 

Hah! Injun Princess save pale face? 

Well, let him live—but keep his place. 

[Releases Smith]. 


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A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


Captain John Smith [to Pocahontas]. 

My place I know, ’tis by your side— 

Your friendship kind will be my pride. 

But come, we two must do our best 
To help these maidens so distressed. 

Enter Miles Standish, John Alden and Puritans. 
John Alden. 

Priscilla, child! Let go, my brave [to Indian assailant ]. 
We’ve come these maidens’ lives to save. 

Miles Standish. 

Come, men, it seems we’re just in time 
To avert some awful crime. 

Now, Chief, come here, be our friend; 

To all this trouble put an end. 

[Shows heads]. 

See all the beads—some for your squaw— 

If you will just obey the law. 

Let these quarrels, these troubles cease. 

Come, let us smoke the Pipe of Peace. 

All [gather round]. 

Yes! 0 Big Chief, be our friend; 

Please let all this trouble end! 

Powhatan. 

All right, Big Chief, me good friend. 

Give me beads and fight will end. 

Pocahontas. 

Father, I am proud of you! 

Come on, braves, the Corn Dance do. 

[Indians dance “Indian Corn Dance” as given under 
(< Dances.”]. 

Miles Standish. 

The dance was fine! Now, can’t you see 
How truly thankful we should be ? 

Our crops are good, we all are strong, 

And, though the winter may be long, 

We’ve food and fuel to last till spring. 


A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


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Priscilla. 

Thanksgiving songs of joy we’ll sing; 

I think ’twould be the nicest way 
To have a real Thanksgiving Day. 

John Alden [to Priscilla]. 

To thy plan I will agree, 

If thou wilt but Dame Alden be. 

Priscilla. 

0 John, how couldst thou be so bold ? 

Thou wert quite shy, so I’ve been told. 

I feel to thee I owe my life 
And I will glady be thy wife. 

Miles Standish. 

Captain Smith his life has won— 

A wife has bashful Brother John. 

If he had not grown so very bold 
I would not be left in the cold. 

But such is life, now sad, now gay. 

We’ll celebrate Thanksgiving Day 
With feast and song, we’ll take a chance. 

And all join in the Harvest Dance. 

[All dance “Harvest Dance” as given under “Dances.” \i 
[All Exeunt ] 

Child. 

0 Grandmother, they’ve gone away! 

I do wish they would longer stay. 

Grandmother. 

Your bedtime, child, has long since past; 

Our pleasures cannot forever last. 

Some other day, when there’s rain or snow, 

We ’ll have another picture show. 


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A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


DANCES 

Arranged by Gracelynn Glidden 
Dutch Dance 

Music: Where, Oh Where, Is My Little Dog Gone? 
Song and Pantomime. 

Song. 

Ve come here to-night 
Mit a drum and a fife, 

To sing and to dance you vun song. 

Ve are glad ve are Dutch, 
l r ou can bet you your life, 

Mit de English ve don’d get along. 

[Exeunt] 


Pantomime for each line. 

1. “Ve come.” Bow, with hand on stomaeh. 

2. Play drum and fife. 

3. Hopsy waltz. Eight and left four waltz steps. 

4. “Ve are glad/* Swell up and slap chest. 

5. Shake finger at audience. 

6. ‘ ‘ Mit de English. ’ 1 Point with thumb over shoulder and shake 
head. 

All dance Dutch waltz around stage. 

Puritan Minuet 


Music: The Minuet 

I. Start in couples, inside hands joined high. Begin 
with outside foot (i. e., the one away from partner.) Take 
three steps (one measure) point inside foot and hold (one 
measure. Repeat two more times, starting with inside and 
outside foot (six measures.) Walk daintily on toes and at 
beginning of each group of steps raise the knee slightly and 
point toe downward. Face partner and curtsy (two meas¬ 
ures). (The curtsy should be little more than a peasant 
curtsy. Place right foot behind left and bend both knees 
very modestly.) During this step the four couples should 


A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


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be forming a hollow square, one couple on each side and 
facing each other at finish. 

II. Second step done in place. Join right hands high. 
Balance forward on right foot (one measure) ; i. e., step 
forward on right foot, bring left behind right, rise on toes 
and sink.) Balance back (one measure.) Walk around 
partner with six steps, starting right (two measures.) Bal¬ 
ance forward. Balance backward. Face partner length¬ 
wise of hollow square and curtsy. 

III. (To second vefse.) 

Here each dancer leaves her partner and passes around 
circle with the following steps, taking two measures to reach 
each girl. 

Three steps and point. 

Three steps and curtsy to first girl. 

Repeat to second, third and fourth. 

Dance ends abruptly as Indians yell. 

Indian Corn Dance 
Music: Tom Tom and Harvest Song. 

Circle the fire with hop-step, corn in hand held high 
(about eight counts) ; step, face fire, hold corn high and 
bend low, offering corn to fire. 

Every other one take four steps toward fire, four steps 
to turn around, four steps backward to place. 

Others do the same, holding corn high. 

Circle the fire again and squat down. 

Shuck corn and throw shucks into fire while singing 
“Harvest Song.” 

After song rise. Hold corn high. 

Circle fire again. Stop. Take four steps to fire. Bend 
low and lay corn on fire. Take four steps to turn around. 
Take four steps backward. 

Miles Standish speaks. Indians step back and play pro¬ 
ceeds. 


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A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


Harvest Dance 
Music: Any lively march. 

I. Four couples in groups of four, boys on left. Even 
numbers in center. All cross hands, join right hands and 
skip around to right (eight skips). Turn and skip to left 
(eight skips to four measures). 

II. Even numbers face each other in two rows. Odd 
numbers starting down center, weave around first two, be¬ 
tween them and around second two, and down center to 
place (four measures). 

III. Face partners. Balance forward on right foot; 
balance backward on left foot. Step on right, cross left 
over right and completely turn right. Outside four do this 
four times). 

IV. Inside four do the same three times and turn. Face 
in and kneel (eight measures). Repeat weaving step with 
center four kneeling. At end they rise and all step back 
into circle. 

V. With skipping step do a grand right and left around 
circle. Dance ends and all join in joyous song. Many songs 
-appropriate to the different seasons can be found. 


A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


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PURITAN MAIDS’ MINUET 



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Music by Gracelynn Glidden 


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A THANKSGIVING DAY MOVIE 


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When the autumn winds sigh through the trees 
And the woods have soft carpets of leaves, 
Mandamin*, whose heart is so mellow, 

Waves proudly his tassels of yellow. 

Then, brave youths and fair maidens all, 

Do answer the gay harvest’s call. 

With joyous song and with laughter gay 
The maize they gather and store away. 

At the eventide ’neath starry skies, 

When all the world in slumber lies, 

We pitch our tents near the rippling stream 
And by the glowing campfire dream. 


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